Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 708 › Conversation 708-001

Nixon & Bull on White House Conference on Youth and Personnel transitions

Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 4:05 PM–4:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation708-001 on Tape 708 (tape position 00:02:52–00:04:47)StartThursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:05 PMEndThursday, April 13, 1972 at 4:10 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 708-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with his aide Stephen B. Bull to address various administrative and scheduling matters, including the handling of a report from the White House Conference on Youth. The discussion touched upon the coordination of an executive branch response and the release of that document. Additionally, the President reviewed plans for an upcoming meeting, managed autograph requests, and discussed staffing transitions involving Rayburn D. Hanzlik and Robert H. Finch.

White House Conference on Youth
Executive branch administration
Scheduling
Personnel transitions
Robert H. Finch

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NARA Description

On April 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 708-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 708-1

Date: April 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:05 pm and 4:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Briefcases

     White House Conference on Youth report
          -Executive branch response
               -Release

     Autographs
         -Forthcoming meeting
               -Schedule

     Rayburn D. Hanzlik
         -Robert H. Finch

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:10 pm.

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Presenting this report to you is the executive branch response to the report.

This is the executive branch response to the report submitted.

That's the quote right here.

If you want to know where these things come from, we'll just run them right out of here.

We're gonna push it about 10 minutes late.

Just a sec.

This way.

Right hands like fidgets, administrative system will introduce the two.

Yes, sir.

How are you?

This is Chris Garcia from California.

Also recorded on April 13, 1972

708-002 4:10 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Michael A. Dively, Christiane Garcia, Alan Cameron, Stephen Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Rayburn D. Hanzlik, Howard A. Cohen, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:10 pm and 4:28 pm.
708-003 4:28 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen Hess, Elena (Shayne) Hess, Charles P. Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:28 pm to 4:31 pm.
708-004 4:31 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:31 pm.
708-005 4:31 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:31 pm.
708-006 4:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Frank DeMarco, Jr., and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:34 pm.
708-007 4:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
708-008 4:34 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
708-009 4:37 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 4:46 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 708-001, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/708-001 (accessed November 15, 2026).